Vigna luteola

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FABACEAE
Species:Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
Common Name:Wild Cow Pea
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Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Vine
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:VILU3
Plant Notes:Wild Cow Pea is a native herbaceous perennial vine in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It is native to coastal and near coastal areas of south Alabama. Wild Cow Pea occurs on beaches, in marshes, along waterways, and in disturbed habitats near the coast. It is a short-lived perennial vine climbing by twining. The stems are green in color, 3-9 feet in length, glabrous or inconspicuously pubescent, and rooting when in contact with the soil. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, and pinnately trifoliate. Leaflets are ovate to lanceolate in outline, entire, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces, and slightly thickened or coriaceous. Flowers are produced in long peduncled racemes from the axils of the leaves. Usually 2-3 flowers per raceme are open at one time. The individual flowers are papilionaceous and a bright lemon yellow in color. The fruit is a pubescent cylindrical legume with 7-9 seed. Wild Cow Pea is tolerant of saline soils, and is cultivated in some countries to provide forage for domestic livestock. Extracts of Wild Cow Pea have shown promising results for the regulation of lipid adsorption and control of cholesterol levels. The flowers and seed are edible cooked, and the peeled roots contain a sweet juice.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Vigna
Species Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth. - Wild Cow Pea

Citation

Citation Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham, Fl. Bras. 15(1B): 194. 1859.
Basionym: Dolichos luteolus Jacq. 1770[1771].
Type: Cult. in Vienna, without data, Jacquin s.n. (lectotype: BM; isolectotype: LINN 900.4). Lectotypified by Verdcourt, in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Legum. 4: 625. 1971.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Dolichos luteolus Dolichos luteolus Jacquin, Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 39, t. 90. 1770. Cult. in Vienna, without data, Jacquin s.n. (lectotype: BM; isolectotype: LINN 900.4). Lectotypified by Verdcourt, in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Legum. 4: 625. 1971.
Dolichos niloticus Dolichos niloticus Delile, Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 109, 253. 1813. EGYPT: Without data, Delile s.n. (holotype: P?).
Dolichos repens Dolichos repens Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 1163. 1759. Without data, Herb. Thunberg 16775 (neotype: UPS). Neotypified by Pasquet, in Turland & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 46: 469. 1997.
Phaseolus luteolus Phaseolus luteolus (Jacquin) Gagnepain, in Lecomte, Fl. Gen. Indochine 2: 229. 1916.Dolichos luteolus Jacquin 1770. 
Vigna bukobensis Vigna bukobensis Harms, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 92. 1901. TANZANIA
Vigna glabra Vigna glabra Savi, Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol. 6: 62. 1825, nom. illegit.Dolichos luteolus Jacquin 1770. 
Vigna nilotica Vigna nilotica (Delile) Hooker f., in Hooker, Niger Fl. 311. 1849.Dolichos niloticus Delile 1813. 
Vigna repens var. luteola Vigna repens (Linnaeus) Kuntze, var. luteola (Jacquin) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 212. 1891.Dolichos luteolus Jacquin 1770. 
Vigna repens Vigna repens (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 212. 1891, non Baker 1876.Dolichos repens Linnaeus 1759. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Mobile, Pike

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0049911 Baldwin 24 Aug 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29060		 UWAL
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
JSU140217 Mobile 10 Jul 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP652		 JSU
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
ALNHS00001296 Mobile 10 Jul 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#652		 ALNHS
Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
USAM000006810 Baldwin 12 Sep 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3751		 USAM
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
UWAL0009578 Baldwin 19 Sep 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6748		 UWAL
Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
TROY000019704 Mobile 24 Jun 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12149		 TROY
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
TROY000049032 Baldwin 24 Aug 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29060		 TROY
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
UNA00065107 Mobile 24 Jun 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12149		 UNA
Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
AUA000014606 Mobile 24 Jun 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12149		 AUA
Vigna Luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
UWAL0043882 Baldwin 04 Aug 2000 Nation, N. Fred
446		 UWAL
Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
UWAL0038277 Mobile 11 Oct 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8833		 UWAL
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
USAM000006811 Mobile 21 Aug 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3620		 USAM
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
USAM000006809 Baldwin 26 Oct 1967 Wofford, B. Eugene
10239		 USAM
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
AUA000014607 Pike 10 Jul 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
5943		 AUA
Vigna Luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
TROY000019703 Baldwin 27 Aug 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12392		 TROY
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
TROY000047261 Mobile 11 Oct 1975 Lelong, Michel G.
8833		 TROY
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
UWAL0057386 Mobile 09 Sep 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11609		 UWAL
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
UWAL0007189 Baldwin 27 Aug 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12392		 UWAL
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
SAMF0001868 Baldwin 19 Sep 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6748		 SAMF
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
UNA00018391 Mobile _ Aug 1874 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
ALNHS00003378 Baldwin 7 Aug 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1868		 ALNHS
Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
USAM000006812 Mobile 22 Sep 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7297		 USAM
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
USAM000006813 Mobile 11 Oct 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8833		 USAM
Vigna luteola (Jacquin) Bentham
UNA00018389 Mobile 08 Sep 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D757		 UNA
Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
AUA000014605 Mobile 20 Oct 1963 Deakle, W.L.
 AUA
Vigna Luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
UNA00018390 Mobile 02 Aug 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D630		 UNA
Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
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